Special prosecutors from the attorney generals office presented an indictment of voluntary manslaughter in New Hanover County grand jury Monday.

Chris Long is under investigation for killing 18-year-old Peyton Strickland on December 1, 2006.

Long and members of the New Hanover County Emergency Response Team were trying to serve arrest and search warrants on Strickland at his home off Long Leaf Acres.

According to previous statements by investigators, Long fired three shots through Strickland's front door because he thought he heard gunfire coming from inside.

Monday Long got a chance to testify about the events of that night.

The judge presiding says he let Long testify for three reasons:

Because of all the publicity the case got

The wrongful indictment that followed shortly after

He was a law enforcement officer.

We'll never know what was said in the grand jury because what is discussed is kept secret by law.

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